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特朗普正在任命一批30多岁的年轻法官,让他们终身任职Trump is putting a generation of young judges on the bench — for life

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特朗普已提名至少33名30多岁的候选人担任联邦法官,这些职位均为终身制。

Trump has nominated at least 33 people in their 30s to lifetime federal judgeships.

据POLITICO对政府数据的分析,在特朗普目前的两届任期内,他任命的40岁以下的联邦法官人数远超历任总统:共有31名30多岁的候选人获任,还有至少两名提名正在等待参议院批准。相比之下,乔·拜登总统任内仅任命了13名30多岁的联邦法官;巴拉克·奥巴马总统在两届任期内任命的40岁以下法官则仅有9名。

President Donald Trump has appointed far more federal judges who are under 40 than his predecessors — ensuring that his imprint on the judiciary will last for decades. Over the course of his two terms to date, Trump has appointed 31 people in their 30s to federal judgeships, and at least two more are pending in the Senate, according to a POLITICO analysis of government data. By contrast, President Joe Biden appointed 13 people in their 30s. President Barack Obama appointed just nine judges younger than 40 during his two terms.

30多岁的法官最长可任职60年之久——目前仍有多位90多岁的在职法官,甚至还有一位102岁的法官。这意味着任命他们的总统能够对司法体系产生极为持久的影响。

A judge in his or her 30s can remain in place for as long as 60 years — there are multiple sitting judges in their 90s and one who is 102 — allowing the president who appointed them to leave a particularly long-lasting imprint on the courts.

白宫发言人劳伦·比斯表示:“特朗普总统挑选的都是资质过硬、履历出色的司法候选人,他们都通过了白宫严格的背景审查。只要出现司法职位空缺,特朗普总统就会挑选那些深敬宪法与法治的高素质人选,推动相关任命快速获批。”

“President Trump selects highly-qualified and credentialed judicial nominees who have passed the White House’s rigorous vetting process. Wherever there are judicial vacancies, President Trump will select highly qualified nominees with great respect for our Constitution and rule of law to be confirmed expeditiously,” White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said.